00:00When we talk about disaster and climate resilience, the Philippines is one of the countries most exposed to natural hazards.
00:09Every year, our country is kicked by an average of 20 tropical cycles with about 8 to 9 negin landfall.
00:20Our community space floods, landslides, earthquakes, over a hundred years, volcanic eruptions, storm surges, drought, extreme heat, and increasingly unpredictable
00:35effects of a changing climate.
00:40The reality is, we cannot prevent a tide pool from falling. We cannot stop the rain from falling.
00:49But we can make better decisions before the rain comes.
00:55We can know where water is likely to go. We can identify which communities and infrastructures are most exposed.
01:04We can understand how a proposed intervention would perform before billions of pesos are spent building it.
01:15And we can give communities the information they need to pack. Not after disaster strikes, but before.
01:23And we can give this advance kind of work. That is the promise of science in the service of the
01:33Filipino people.
01:34And that is what UPRI is a proactive and dynamic research and advisory column established in 2016 to empower communities
01:51with scientific and practical tools for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, DRRM and TCA.
02:01Its core component is the UPRI. Its core component is the UP NOAA Center.
02:06NOAA means National Operational Assessment of Hazards.
02:11Which newly formally adapted in 2017 as a research center for climate actions and disaster risk reduction and management.
02:22The 1 billion allocation gives UPRI and NOAA Center the opportunity to strengthen and expand systems that have already demonstrated
02:34their value.
02:35hazard mapping, hazard mapping, flood intelligence, geospatial analysis, disaster education, technical assistance, and partnership with government, local communities, and, especially
02:53I would say, other universities.
02:55With its funding, the Institute can work towards much higher resolution mapping of our rivers.
03:04Certain flood modeling and simulations expand the use of LIAR and other advanced technologies develop our understanding of watersheds, waterways,
03:17ecosystems, and communities.
03:19And harness artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to turn vast amount of information into something decision makers can actually use.
03:33But I want to emphasize one thing about all of this technology.
03:40Technology is not the end.
03:43AI is not the end.
03:47A map even is not the end.
03:50A model is not the end.
03:52The end.
03:54The end is a safer Filipino community.
03:58The end is a family that receives a warning early enough to get to safety.
04:05The end is a local government that knows where its vulnerabilities are before it decides when to build or allow
04:16others to build.
04:18The end is not the end.
04:21The end is a national government that can examine whether a flood management intervention is actually appropriate before committing billions
04:31of pesos to meet.
04:43The end is a messenger of the reaping or taxes, beer by the cost of storage being Soap, which is
04:59how we can do the gray prison version.
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